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Sandy Island, Anguilla

Log on in paradise: The exotic destinations inviting remote workers

Smoke and fog fills the air over vehicles driving along Interstate 580 highway in Oakland, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. California's worst fire season on record is about to ramp up as a hot, dry autumn promises even more destruction, blackouts and evacuations. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg via Getty Images

California governor wants all new cars sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Trump is heading to Ohio for stops near Dayton and Toledo.

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about his record on manufacturing and coal jobs

Amazon just made it much easier to buy planet-friendly products

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Abu Dhabi: The adventure paradise I can't wait to explore again

Pregnant woman in a food store or a supermarket choosing fresh organic tomatoes. Healthy eating for expectant mother

FDA must do more to regulate thousands of chemicals added to your food, petitioners say

Chicago, UNITED STATES:  A passenger waits in line with her passport 23 January, 2007 before her Mexicana Air flight out of Chicago O'Hare International airport in Chicago, Illinois.  As of 23 January, all Americans, Mexicans, Canadians and Bermudians traveling by air to the United States must for the first time carry a passport, said the Department of Homeland Security. The new measure is part of the department's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, following the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States, better known as the 9/11 Commission. It is aimed at making it more difficult for terrorists to enter the country with fake documents.  AFP PHOTO/JEFF HAYNES  (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)

Find out which countries are welcoming US tourists back

How Biden differs from Trump's 'America First' mentality

Xi Jinping, China's president, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020. President Xi Jinping took a veiled swipe at the U.S. in a strongly worded speech, saying no country should "be allowed to do whatever it likes and be the hegemon, bully or boss of the world." Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China will become carbon neutral by 2060, Xi Jinping says

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil, speaks in a pre-recorded message played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. Headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (Rick Bajornas/UN via AP)

Is the Amazon safe in Bolsonaro's hands?

General Electric Global Operations Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2019.

General Electric se aleja de los combustibles más sucios para optar por alternativas como el gas natural y las energías solar y eólica

Climate, Covid and a coming 'change election'

Electric road will power public buses in Tel Aviv

Best air purifiers of 2020

The best air purifiers to help you stay healthy

The Bobcat Fire continues to burn through the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, north of Azusa, California, September 17, 2020. - California faces more devastation from wildfires that have ravaged the West Coast, authorities have warned, with strong winds and dry heat expected to whip up flames from dozens of blazes raging across the state. Governor Gavin Newsom said although firefighters had made progress in their battle to contain more than two dozen major wildfires, so-called Santa Ana winds could fuel the relentless blazes. (Photo by Kyle Grillot / AFP) (Photo by KYLE GRILLOT/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfire-weary Californians, 'tired of this being normal,' consider uprooting their lives

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The future of climate change is here, scientist warns

Tropical Storm Beta has brought storm surge and flooding to the Texas coast.

Tropical Storm Beta makes landfall in Texas late Monday night

Beef cattle stand in a barn at a feedlot owned by Jamie Willrett in Malta, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Cattle fell the most in three weeks yesterday on speculation that demand from U.S. processors may ease after a rally to a record. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Burping cows are fueling the climate crisis. This company says it's got a solution

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These are the most climate-damaging foods

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY - JULY 28: In this view from a passenger plane melting glaciers are seen during a summer heat wave on Svalbard archipelago on July 28, 2020 near Longyearbyen, Norway. Svalbard, located far north of the Arctic Circle, is experiencing temperatures far above average that led to a new record high for the town of Longyearbyen on July 25 with 21.7 degrees Celsius. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The Arctic sea ice has shrunk to the second lowest number ever recorded, and scientists say it will get worse

A Florida panther sculpture melts before visitors' eyes to highlight the effects of climate change

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Airbus wants to build zero-emission planes by 2035. Here's how

Ellen DeGeneres starts 18th season with an apology

Bottles of Pine-Sol muliti-surface cleaner sit on a grocery store shelf on September 9, 2020 in Alameda, California.

Desinfectante Pine-Sol apto para acabar con el covid-19

Under darkened skies from wildfire smoke, a waiter carries a tray of Irish Coffee to people having lunch at the Buena Vista Cafe Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. People from San Francisco to Seattle woke Wednesday to hazy clouds of smoke lingering in the air, darkening the sky to an eerie orange glow that kept street lights illuminated into midday, all thanks to dozens of wildfires throughout the West. The picture was taken in the middle of the day at 12:39 p.m. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Wildfires have devastated my city. They'll only get worse unless we force businesses to change

General Electric Global Operations Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2019.

GE is getting out of the coal power business

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: A jogger runs along  trail in Griffith Park as smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts over the L.A. Basin in a view from Griffith Observatory on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Wildfires, coronavirus and an earthquake collided for California's terrible week

THE 72ND EMMY® AWARDS - Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the "72nd Emmy® Awards" will broadcast SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 (8:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. MDT/5:00 p.m. PDT), on ABC. (ABC via Getty Images)72ND® EMMY AWARDS

Interns in hazmat suits presented the Emmy statues this year

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Millions of acres are in flames in South America. Here's why

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Puerto Rico needs more than Trump's cynical ploy

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Puerto Rico needs more than Trump's cynical ploy

Residents pick up free sandbags ahead of Tropical Storm Beta, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, at J.C. Elliot Transfer Station and Collection Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

More than 10 million people under storm warnings as Tropical Storm Beta crawls toward shore

One of the two perfectly preserved skeletons of Changmiania liaoningensis and an artist's impression.

125 million-year-old dinosaur found buried by a volcanic eruption in China

Pine-Sol original muliti-surface cleaner can kill coronavirus.

Pine-Sol cleaner has been approved to kill coronavirus on hard surfaces

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On GPS: When the world becomes a furnace

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Last Look: A world in overdrive

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Poland's coal dependency hampers climate change efforts

ATHENS, GREECE - JUNE 26: Plastic cups used by tourists on the Aegean sea beach near Athens on June 26, 2018 , Greece . The Mediterranean is one of the seas with the highest levels of plastic pollution in the world .More than 200 million tourists visit the Mediterranean each year causing the 40% increase in marine litter during summer  using  single use plastics including straws and stirrers, plastic cups, water bottles , inflatable pool toys etc which   leads to the general pollution of water and beaches along Mediterranean. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

The disturbing truth about plastic recycling

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Central Wisconsin Airport Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Fact check: Boasting and attacking Biden, Trump makes at least 25 false claims at Wisconsin rally

Voices for Change: The people working to make the fashion industry more accountable

Environmentalist George Atiyeh was last seen on September 7 before the Beachie Creek Fire exploded overnight last week.

Oregon environmentalist George Atiyeh remains missing after wildfire destroys his home

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From migrant to pop star: Tresor opens up about his journey

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at the CNN Presidential Town Hall in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, September 17, 2020. (Gabriella Demczuk for CNN)

Biden's mistakes could cost him badly in debate with Trump

A city named Asbestos: Debate over name change turns toxic

Keith Krach, US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, alights from an aircraft after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. - A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washington's willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (Photo by Pei Chen / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PEI CHEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

US holds its second high-profile visit to Taiwan in two months as Beijing escalates military pressure

TOPSHOT - A woman walks along The Embarcadero under an orange smoke-filled sky in San Francisco, California on September 9, 2020. - More than 300,000 acres are burning across the northwestern state including 35 major wildfires, with at least five towns "substantially destroyed" and mass evacuations taking place. (Photo by Brittany Hosea-Small / AFP) (Photo by BRITTANY HOSEA-SMALL/AFP via Getty Images)

The pandemic didn't solve climate change. This week's disasters are proof

This Pacific Island province is so frustrated with China's presence that it's pushing for independence

LONDON - MAY 24:  A Golden-headed Lion Tamarin monkey sits in a tree at London Zoo's new exhibit 'The Clore Rainforest Lookout' opens on May 24, 2007 in London. The new ?2.1 million development features a central biome housing living rainforest trees that are home to groups of tiny monkeys, sloths and birds.  (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

How captivity saved these animals from extinction

These species were saved by captive breeding

Firefighters with Roseburg Engine 11 out of Eugene, Oregon survey a property under threat of fire along Pine Flat Road during the CZU Lightning Complex fire in Santa Cruz County, California, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. More than 360 blazes are burning in California, forcing mass evacuations in the northern part of the state and creating an air quality emergency. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Rain may help fight wildfires in Oregon, but may bring other problems

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Thick smoke shrouds Yosemite Valley in a view from Swinging Bridge on on the Merced River Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 in Yosemite National Park, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Yosemite National Park closes due to hazardous air quality from the wildfires

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Stellar deals at Caribbean and Mexican hotels and resorts

Avlon hammers Trump over climate change views

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield puts his mask back on after speaking at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a "Review of Coronavirus Response Efforts" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

5 things to know for September 17: Covid-19, Sally, census, William Barr, Venezuela

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on manufacturing and buying American-made products at UAW Region 1 headquarters in Warren, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What to know about Joe Biden's policy proposals ahead of CNN's town hall

Scenes from the aftermath of Hurricane Sally in Mobile, Alabama.

Sally drenched parts of Florida with '4 months of rain in 4 hours,' officials say

Fabscrap repurposes textile scraps to counter fashion's waste problem

Firefighters continue to battle the Bobcat fire in California.

California governor emphasizes wildfires show reality of climate change

How New Orleans is dealing with flooding

Marine biologist Emma Camp studying mangrove coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

This marine biologist wants to use the world's toughest corals to save dying reefs

TO GO WITH AFP STORY An airplane overflies a steaming dry fish meal factory in Lima on December 3, 2009. The Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens), is an important source of foreign currency and food for Peru, where between 6 and 7 million tons of the fish --from which 3 percent for direct human consumption and the rest for the industry and export-- are caught every year. The anchoveta, the world's most caught fish, seek after cold waters and any increase in temperature of the sea may lower its pH, creating an acidity that affects plancton, the main food source of the anchoveta. To protect that important resource, the Peruvian Production ministry on November 27, 2009 banned the catch of anchoveta for five years in a sector of the southern Peru's coastal area.   AFP PHOTO/Ernesto BENAVIDES (Photo credit should read ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Esto son los 5 países de América con más contaminación en su aire

Arun Krishnamurthy is the founder of the Environmentalist Foundation of India, a nonprofit organization working to restore freshwater lakes and ponds.

From Google to garbage disposal: the environmentalist cleaning up India's lakes

Emma Camp is a marine biologist studying coral conservation and resilience at the University of Technology Sydney.

The world's toughest corals could help save dying reefs

A helicopter drops water to help extinguish the Bobcat Fire, in Arcadia, California, U.S., September 13, 2020. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Opinion: This is the climate election

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CNN10 - 9/17/20

Glacier National Park in 1913 (left) and 2020 (right).

Some of Glacier National Park's glaciers have lost as much as 80% of their size in the last 50 years

UNSPECIFIED - AUGUST 14:  Illustration representing Liliensternus in prehistoric landscape  (Photo by De Agostini via Getty Images/De Agostini via Getty Images)

This previously unknown mass extinction gave rise to dinosaurs, scientists say

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10778222p)
Firefighters get ready to protect the Mount Wilson Observatory from the the Bobcat fire in the Angeles National Forest, California, USA, 15 September 2020. According to reports, the Bobcat fire has burnt over 41,000 acres of forest.
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Wildfire comes within 500 feet of famed California observatory where Hubble explored the universe

Designers send fabric waste here for a second life

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 1: Sheep graze in front of wind turbines on Lake George on September 1, 2020 on the outskirts of Canberra, Australia.  (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Getting to net zero emissions could cost $2 trillion a year, report says

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CNN reporter struggles to brave Hurricane Sally winds

In Los Angeles, the smoke just hangs all day, every day. Residents say it's taking a toll

Sally continues widespread flooding across the Gulf Coast

President Donald Trump listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a briefing at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in McClellan Park, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on the western wildfires.

This may be the most important difference between Trump and Biden

A home burns  during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires in the Berry Creek area of unincorporated Butte County, California on September 9, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires and ignited new blazes, as hundreds were evacuated by helicopter and tens of thousands were plunged into darkness by power outages across the western United States. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Couple who died in California fire were ready to evacuate but reconsidered after 'erroneous information'

SUN VALLEY, CA - DECEMBER 11:  The Department of Water and Power (DWP) San Fernando Valley Generating Station is seen December 11, 2008 in Sun Valley, California. Under a new climate plan before state regulators, California would take major steps toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions. If adopted by the California Air Resources Board, it would be the most ambitious global warming prevention plan in the nation, outlining for the first time how businesses and the public would meet the 2006 law that made the state a leader on global climate change. The action would lead to the creation of a carbon-credit market to make it cheaper for the biggest polluters to cut emissions, and change the ways utilities generate power, businesses use electricity, and personal transportation    (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report says

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a briefing on wildfires in McClellan Park, California, U.S., September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Climate is not weather: Trump continues to get the two conflated

Hurricane Sally's slow crawl toward Gulf Coast could trigger 'historic' flooding

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: Comedian, writer and veterans advocate Jon Stewart speaks at a press conference on "The Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020" at the House Triangle on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. The phrase "burn pit" refers to an area of a deployed military base devoted to open-air burning of waste often using jet fuel as an accelerant. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Jon Stewart says Congress is abandoning veterans who inhaled toxic burn pit fumes

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks to reporters after announcing her candidacy for President of the United States, at Howard University, her alma mater, on January 21, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Kamala Harris makes trip to California as wildfires rage

2A2A42X The entrance sign is seen at Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company's Portland retail store on West Burnside Street on Thursday, Sep 26, 2019.

New Patagonia tags: 'Vote the a**holes out'

A man waves an American flag on top of the Lincoln Memorial ahead of civil rights "2020 March on Washington", on August 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. - A civil rights rally timed to the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s seminal I Have a Dream speech, delivered in 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, is expected to bring thousands to the same spot on August 28, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

Red and Blue America took different roads. Here's how to bring them together

Sally's two biggest threats are inland flooding and storm surge

The climate crisis could be making Hurricane Sally worse. Here's how

Electric truck startup Nikola hits back at short seller's report

Sandeep Mathrani took over as CEO of WeWork in February 2020.

WeWork CEO talks about the co-working company's latest new tenants: College students

Jeff Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks as Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, right, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, left, look on during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, September 14, 2020. - Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the US government and California state regulators to resolve emissions cheating allegations.

Daimler to pay $1.5 billion in emissions cheating settlement with the US

This autonomous and solar-powered system is cleaning rivers

LEGO will begin trialling recyclable paper bags to package its blocks from 2021.

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LEGO to phase out single-use plastic packaging

In this photo provided by the Greek President's office on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou inspects a guard of honour during celebrations marking when the southeastern island of Kastellorizo, formally became part of Greece. Greece's prime minister outlined plans Saturday to upgrade the country's defense capabilities, including purchasing new fighter planes, frigates, helicopters and weapons systems amid heightened tensions with Turkey over rights to resources in the eastern Mediterranean. (Thodoris Manolopoulos/Greek President's Office/AP)

Greek president visits tiny island at center of eastern Mediterranean dispute, angering Turkey

SHAVER LAKE, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: Firefighter Ricardo Gomez, of a Cal Fire engine from Bradley, takes part in conducting a back burn operation along CA-168 during the Creek Fire as it approaches the Shaver Lake Marina on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020 in Shaver Lake, CA.  (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Coming face to face with California's wildfires

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Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up and it could have major consequences for sea level rise

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5 designers leading Nigeria's hyperlocal fashion revolution

Another presidential assault on science as fires and pandemic rage

Hurricane Sally strengthens to Category 2 as it moves toward the US Gulf Coast

One of the "surrogate sire" goats on the Washington State University Pullman campus, photographed in August 2020.

Gene editing breakthrough could produce livestock 'super dads'

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America's devastating divorce from science

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Cuomo: We are stuck in an 'IDK, WTF' cycle

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event September 4, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden spoke on the economy that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Biden proposes $5 trillion in new spending, undaunted by Trump's massive deficits

5 tropical cyclones are in the Atlantic at the same time for only the second time in history

The White House is seen at dusk on the eve of a possible government shutdown as Congress battles out the budget in Washington, DC, September 30, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB        (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Washington Post: NOAA taps climate change skeptic to help lead agency

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Climate science denier appointed to top position at NOAA

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Accessorize your Apple devices with our picks for best accessories of 2020

Trump baselessly questions climate science during California wildfire briefing

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Watch official challenge Trump on climate crisis

A burned residence smolders during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, California on September 09, 2020. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump renews climate fight in visit to fire-ravaged West Coast

President Donald Trump listens as California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a briefing at Sacramento McClellan Airport, in McClellan Park, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, on the western wildfires.

Trump ignores climate change science

A man stops on his bike along the Willamette River as smoke from wildfires partially obscures the Tilikum Crossing Bridge, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Western US has the worst air quality in the world, group says

Biden says Trump's 'climate denialism, his disdain for science and facts' is 'unconscionable'

Smoke from Western wildfires has blown thousands of miles to New York

This section of the northeast Greenland ice shelf has disintegrated over the last two years.

A chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland in the last two years

Supporters cheer as US President Donald Trump arrives for an indoor campaign rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 13, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump ignores science at dangerous indoor rally

Pump jacks are shown in an oil field, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

The world may never consume more oil than in 2019, BP says

Search and rescue personnel from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office look for the possible remains of a missing elderly resident in a mobile home park on September 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon.

Oregon city 'looks as though a bomb went off' as fires continue to scorch the West Coast

An amphitheater, along with two professional dance studios, will nurture the local and international dance scene in Gambia and beyond.

Sustainable design for The Gambia's multi-million dollar academy

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Greek President speaks to CNN on tensions with Turkey

HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 30: A couple enjoy their moment at a typhoon shelter during sunset in front of Hong Kong skyline on July 30, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong have recorded the highest daily tally of Covid-19 with 149 confirmed cases. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

Hong Kong set the bar for charter cities. But it's not a blueprint that can be transported

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a Los Angeles County Health Department press conference on the novel coronavirus, (COVID-19)on March 4, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. - Stressing that they were acting out of "an abundance of caution"  Los Angeles County officials today declared a state of emergency for the novel coronavirus, as six new cases of the disease were revealed in the county in the last 48 hours. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

LA mayor on Trump's response to wildfires: 'This is climate change' not just about forest management

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Navarro dodges on why Trump misled Americans on COVID

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Top WH aide won't say if climate change driving wildfires

LA mayor claps back at Trump's claim on what caused fires

In a photo provided by Christian Gallagher, a street in West Linn, Ore., is shrouded by smoke from wildfires, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Christian Gallagher via AP)

Trump to visit California after weeks of remaining largely silent on historically devastating wildfires

A medic takes a swab for a COVID-19 test from a Washington State University Student at a mobile test site run by the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Pullman, Wash. Tuesday was the mobile test site's first day of operation in Pullman. (Geoff Crimmins/Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

Some college towns grapple with Covid-19 after students return for fall semester

Desiree Pierce cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. "I just needed to see it, to get some closure," said Pierce. (AP Photo/John Locher)

28 people have been killed and dozens more are missing as fires ravage the West Coast

A Mediterranean parrotfish appears to smile in El Hierro, Canary Islands.

From a smiley fish to a dangling raccoon, Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards offer some light relief

ASHLAND, OR - SEPTEMBER 11: In this aerial view from a drone, damaged homes are seen in a mobile home park that was destroyed by wildfire on September 11, 2020 in Ashland, Oregon. Hundreds of homes in Ashland and nearby towns have been lost due to wildfire. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Oregon officials preparing for 'mass fatality incident' as fast-moving wildfires threaten to merge

EV startup Nikola's stock plunges following short seller's scathing allegations

Pringles cans sit on the shelf of a grocery store

Pringles is testing a new can design after a recycling group dubbed it the 'number one recycling villain'

A woman checks in to cast her ballot during a Democratic presidential primary election at the Kenosha Bible Church gym in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. - Americans in Wisconsin began casting ballots Tuesday in a controversial presidential primary held despite a state-wide stay-at-home order and concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. Democratic officials had sought to postpone the election but were overruled by the top state court, and the US Supreme Court stepped in to bar an extension of voting by mail that would have allowed more people to cast ballots without going to polling stations. Both courts have conservative majorities. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Wisconsin Supreme Court temporarily blocks absentee ballots from being mailed a week before deadline

A home burns  during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires in the Berry Creek area of unincorporated Butte County, California on September 9, 2020. - Dangerous dry winds whipped up California's record-breaking wildfires and ignited new blazes, as hundreds were evacuated by helicopter and tens of thousands were plunged into darkness by power outages across the western United States. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km).

El fenómeno del asteroide Bennu, un caso atípico que investiga la NASA

Visitors are seen in Dolores Park under an orange sky darkened by smoke from California wildfires in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

The fires raging out West are unprecedented. They're also a mere preview of what climate change has in store

Migrants take part in a rally near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Thousands of protesting refugees and migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the notoriously overcrowded Moria camp have gathered on a road leading to the island's main town, demanding to be allowed to leave. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Riot police deployed to new Lesbos refugee camp after fire

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 9: People jog along Embarcadero as smoky skies from the northern California wildfires casts a reddish color during the morning in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

In California's smoke-filled horizon, it's become hard to breathe

Liberian Mahmud Johnson set up J-Palm aged 22 after studying at Dartmouth College in the US.

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Flames shoot from a home as the Bear Fire burns through the Berry Creek area of Butte County, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

At least 15 people have been killed in California, Oregon and Washington wildfires

La Niña has arrived. Here's what it could mean for you

Fire in the Jaci-Paraná Extractive Reserve, in Porto Velho, Rondônia state.
One month after a presidential decree forbidding fires in the Amazon and Pantanal, Greenpeace flew over Amazonas and Rondônia states to verify how efficient the measure was. Even with the Fire Moratorium, we registered several live heat spots.
Every year, Greenpeace Brazil flies over the Amazon to monitor deforestation build up and forest fires. In August, 2020, flights were made over points with Deter (Real Time Deforestation Detection System) and fire warnings and Prodes (Brazilian Amazon Satellite Monitoring Project), made by Inpe (National Institute for Space Research), in Amazonas and Rondônia states.
Queimada na Reserva Extrativista Jaci-Paraná, em Porto Velho (RO).
Um mês após a publicação do decreto presidencial que proíbe as queimadas na Amazônia e no Pantanal, sobrevoamos os estados do Amazonas e Rondônia para verificar a eficiência da medida e, mesmo com a proibição, localizamos diversos focos de calor ativos. 
Todos os anos, o Greenpeace Brasil realiza uma série de sobrevoos de monitoramento para registrar o avanço do desmatamento e das queimadas na Amazônia. Em agosto de 2020, monitoramos pontos com alertas Deter e de pontos de calor e Prodes 2019, do Inpe.

Tens of thousands of fires are pushing the Amazon to a tipping point

A critically endangered baby gorilla died six days after being born at Audubon Zoo

15 November 2018, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Laage: The laying vessel "Audacia" of the offshore service provider Allseas is laying pipes for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea off the island of Rügen. 250 kilometres of the two strings of the pipeline have already been laid on the 1,230-kilometre stretch through the Baltic Sea. (Aerial photo with a drone /copter) Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Why Europe still can't take risks with its supply of Russian gas

Loren Poncia on Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, California.

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Inside the US shale crisis

BUKIMA, VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, DRC, 6 AUGUST 2013: Images of the Bageni family in the gorilla sector of Virunga National Park, DRC, 6 August 2013. The gorillas sector is currently occupied by the M23 rebel movement of the Congolese army. Despite this and a previous occupation by a previous rebel group, the gorillas continue to survive, largely due the efforts of the ICCn, the Congolese Conservation Authority. The previous Bukima camps were destroyed, first by the CNDP rebel movement in 2008 and 2009; now most recently by their followers, the M23 rebels. Despite these setbacks and the ongoing danger, the ICCN Congolese conservation rangers continue to protect the mountain gorillas of the region and to plan for tourism which will follow if peace is achieved. (photo by Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images.)

Human activity has wiped out two-thirds of world's wildlife since 1970, landmark report says

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks pass the Charging Bull statue in New York's financial district. Wall Street is steadying itself Wednesday following its first three-day losing streak in nearly three months, as the bloodletting for big technology stocks comes to at least a temporary halt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The pressure is off stocks ... for now

BP CEO Bernard Looney, speaking in February 2020, when he declared the company's intentions to achieve "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050.

BP invests in offshore wind to power 2 million American homes

IBIZA, SPAIN - AUGUST 21:  People dance at Privilege Club in Sant Rafael, on August 21, 2013 near Ibiza, Spain. The small island of Ibiza lies within the Balearics islands, off the coast of Spain. For many years Ibiza has had a reputation as a party destination. Each year thousands of young people gather to enjoy not only the hot weather and the beaches but also the array of clubs with international DJ's playing to vast audiences. Ibiza has also gained a reputation for drugs and concerns are now growing that the taking and trafficking of drugs is spiralling out of control.  (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Ibiza's 40-year party could finally be over

People stop at Fort Point to take morning pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge covered in smoke from wildfires Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

This is what the Bay Area's skies looked like today during the wildfires

These brothers are picking up littered face masks around their neighborhood

Could unlocking the mystery of the mealworm's gut help solve our plastic crisis?

The creature that can munch through plastic waste

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Climate crisis could displace 1.2 billion people by 2050, report warns

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The solar fridge helping African entrepreneurs living off the grid

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, registered nurse Brian Jones draws a blood sample from a student at Eisenhower Elementary School in Flint, Mich. The state, where a man-made water crisis is still roiling one of its biggest cities, will consider requiring all infants and toddlers to be tested for lead poisoning as part of an initiative to eradicate children's exposure to the neurotoxin across the state. The recommendation is among several unveiled Thursday, Nov. 17, by a state board that Gov. Rick Snyder tasked with proposing a strategy to protect children from all sources of lead poisoning. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Kids' lead testing plummets due to missed doctor visits in pandemic

Tens of thousands of caribou cross these lands each year in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

15 states sue Trump administration over Alaskan Arctic oil and gas leasing

General Motors takes 11% stake in Nikola to team up on electric truck

Nikola CEO: GM is helping us drive down cost

A community of forest homes lies in ruins along Auberry Road in the Meadow Lakes area after the Creek Fire swept through on September 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in five California counties after record heatwave temperatures fueled numerous wildfires over the Labor Day weekend. The state of emergency applies to Fresno, Madera and Mariposa, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

US report warns climate change could create economic chaos

Community ranger Ruth Sikeita (27), from Olaisiti conducts a daily widlife patrol at the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch in Kajiado, Thursday, Apr. 23, 2020. "I look after wild animals, providing security for the wildlife. Ensuring that they are safe. It's
important because animals are like us, they need to be safe like us. They benefit us,
tourists visit here because of the wild animals and we are employed," she said. Supported by IFAW, rangers like Ruth are continuing their work during the global coronavirus pandemic despite being isolated from their families. Will Swanson for IFAW.

Meet eight Maasai rangers -- the first women in their families to get jobs -- fighting poaching around Kenya's Amboseli National Park

View of the sea ice from the Nathaniel B Palmer icebreaker on the way to Thwaites Glacier.

Antarctica's colossal Thwaites Glacier is melting fast -- and scientists may have discovered why

McDonald's is testing reusable coffee mugs in the UK

An Uber Technologies Inc. driver plugs a charging cable into a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric automobile at a charging point at the InterContinental Hotel in Madrid, Spain, on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies has launched its first electric car taxi service in Madrid, operating a fleet of Tesla Model S electric vehicles. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Uber says it will offer rides only in electric vehicles in US, Europe by 2030

Community ranger Ruth Sikeita (27), from Olaisiti conducts a daily widlife patrol at the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch in Kajiado, Thursday, Apr. 23, 2020. "I look after wild animals, providing security for the wildlife. Ensuring that they are safe. It's
important because animals are like us, they need to be safe like us. They benefit us,
tourists visit here because of the wild animals and we are employed," she said. Supported by IFAW, rangers like Ruth are continuing their work during the global coronavirus pandemic despite being isolated from their families. Will Swanson for IFAW.

Meet eight Maasai rangers -- the first women in their families to get jobs -- fighting poaching around Kenya's Amboseli National Park

Community ranger Ruth Sikeita (27), from Olaisiti conducts a daily widlife patrol at the Olgulului Ololarashi Group Ranch in Kajiado, Thursday, Apr. 23, 2020. "I look after wild animals, providing security for the wildlife. Ensuring that they are safe. It's
important because animals are like us, they need to be safe like us. They benefit us,
tourists visit here because of the wild animals and we are employed," she said. Supported by IFAW, rangers like Ruth are continuing their work during the global coronavirus pandemic despite being isolated from their families. Will Swanson for IFAW.

Meet the first all-women ranger unit fighting poachers

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How to explore the vanishing sandbars of the Philippines

Plumes of smoke rise into the sky as a wildfire burns on the hills near Shaver Lake, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Fires in the Sierra National Forest have prompted evacuation orders as authorities urged people seeking relief from the Labor Day weekend heat wave to stay away from the popular lake. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP)

California's wildfires show how climate change is making forced evacuations and power shut-offs the norm

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JANUARY 14:  Honor guards raise the Taiwan flag in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square ahead of the Taiwanese presidential election on January 14, 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. Voters in Taiwan are set to elect Tsai Ing-wen, the chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, to become the island's first female leader.  (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Taiwan appears determined to create an anti-Beijing alliance as Chinese state media warns of potential sanctions against US

US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Smith-Reynolds Regional Airport in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on September 8, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Fact check: Trump makes 10 false and misleading claims about Biden during North Carolina rally

A Pacific Gas and Electric worker looks up at the advancing Creek Fire along Highway 168 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, near Alder Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California wildfires: Fire chief says dozens of major blazes have state in 'dire situation'

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Trump touts 'environmental accomplishments' after dismantling key protections

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The planet Mars

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Nazi warship found eight decades after battle

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Saving injured wildlife one owl and fox at a time

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 12: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP poses for a photo in the Paddock during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on March 12, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Charles Coates/Getty Images)

Lewis Hamilton to launch electric off-road racing Extreme E team

San Miguel County Firefighters battle a brush fire during the Valley Fire.

Wildfires force evacuation of entire town in central California

The El Dorado Fire was started by a pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal, according to Cal Fire.

A pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party sparked one of the California wildfires, burning over 8,600 acres

How a crowdfunded travel guidebook could help protect Socotra island

The thermometer registers 121 degrees Fahrenheit (49.4C) in Woodland Hills, California on September 05, 2020. - California is bracing for all-time record-breaking temperatures and dangerous fire weather conditions this Labor Day weekend, with the National Weather Service urging people to limit outdoor activity and to stay hydrated. (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)

LA County records highest-ever temperature

Smoke from the Creek Fire billows beyond a ridge as seen from Huntington Lake on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, at Huntington Lake, Calif. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP)

California sets new record for land torched by wildfires as 224 people escape by air from a 'hellish' inferno

Sound Map

Listening to global woodland sounds is now a click away

This drone photo shows the roof blown off of an AutoZone store along Nelson Road in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Lake Charles, La. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

In photos: Hurricane Laura leaves trail of destruction

Police and fire services outside the Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, protesters continue to use bamboo lock-ons and vans to block the road. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

Extinction Rebellion climate protesters arrested after blocking printing of Murdoch-owned British newspapers

In August 2020, the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, supported by the local Yamal authorities, conducted a major expedition to the new crater. Skoltech researchers were part of the final stages of that expedition
Credit: Evgeny Chuvilin

Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change

A selection of fruit ready to eat are displayed at a fruit and vegetable shop on April 12, 2016 in Lille, northern France. / AFP / DENIS CHARLET        (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)

New diet can save lives and the planet, study says

The fire lookout tower, Bald Mountain, in Idaho

Rent a fire lookout tower for $40 a night

A picture of the rescue operation taking place in Beirut 30 days after the blast that destroyed much of the city.

See rescue operation in Beirut where signs of life have been detected

Baby boom for Uganda's endangered mountain gorillas

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An inside look at an elephant reserve greatly impacted by the pandemic

With over 10,000 animals coming through the door each year, Tiggywinkles wildlife hospital is the busiest—and cutest—in Europe.

Inside Europe's busiest (and cutest) wildlife hospital

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 09:  Tourists look at the view across the Grand Canal from the Rialto bridge on September 9, 2011 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Will travelers trash or treasure the planet after the pandemic?

Changing the clocks is a bad idea — and it should end, sleep experts say

David Blaine successfully flies over the Arizona desert holding onto helium balloons

Most of the increased wildfire activity took place in Russia's Sakha Republic, scientists said.

Summer 2020's Arctic wildfires set new emission records

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David Blaine floats 5 miles above the Earth with balloons

TAIWAN STRAIT (Aug. 30, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducts a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait. Halsey is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Langholf)

The US is standing firm with Taiwan, and it's making that point very clear

Gen Z conservatives build new groups for anti-Trump Republicans

Parrot delivers stunning rendition of Beyoncé hit

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We must build a culture of equality and respect if we want to save our planet

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Unilever will stop using oil and gas to make cleaning products by 2030

WWF providing drone training to communities. Flying the drone is Ismael Menezes Brandão (Siã Shanenawa) from Comissão Pró-Índio (CPI). Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.

WWF-UK raised funds through the Amazon Emergency Appeal in response to the terrible fires in 2019. From the funds raised WWF donated 14 drones and ran a drone-piloting training course with the support from Kanindé Ethno-Environmental Defence Association for a group of 55 indigenous and non-indigenous people who protect the Amazon rainforest. The drone will be used as a tool to help monitor protected areas, deforestation alerts and land grabbing.

Amazon tribes are using drones to track deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest

Bitaté Uru Eu Wau Wau, the president of the Uru Eu Wau Wau Idigenous People's Association, photographed at Aldeia Jamari, in the Uru Eu Wau Wau territory, Rondônia, Brazil.

About the importance of the forest, Bitaté says: "My relationship with the forest comes from a young age, I learned how to hunt, I learned to know the great wealth that we have inside the territory, and I was always very proud to fight against invasions and everything that could destroy our forest. The relationship of my people with the forest comes from a long time, we have always been with it, and growing and seeing the good it does for us. My relationship with the forest is very good and it makes me very sad to see the deforestation coming closer and closer to our villages. Our ancestors have struggled to keep the forest from being destroyed and destruction is growing faster than I could imagine. My job is to protect the forest and show future generations that we have been fighting for preservation so that they can continue our work."

Amazon tribes are using drones to track deforestation in Brazil

Tari Uru Eu Wau Wau photographed at Aldeia Jamari, in the Uru Eu Wau Wau territory, Rondônia, Brazil.

The Indigenous Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau territory in Rondônia measures 1,867,117 hectares and it is the most important of Rondônia because of its biodiversity and the economic value of the water available. Throughout the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land live 600 people from the groups Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau (or Jupaú), Amondawa, Oro Win and Cabixi as well as three isolated peoples; Yvyparaquawara, Jurureí and a third which is not named). In the history of the Indigenous Land there have been successive invasions by loggers, rubber tappers, farmers, and land grabbers but it suffers in particular from land grabbing and illegal livestock. The invasions intensified from the 1980s and persist to this day. A new wave of invasions has intensified threats to the people of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land since the 2018 election campaign.

Amazon tribes are using technology to protect their forest homes

A demonstrator cries during a protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump on September 01, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. - Trump said Tuesday on a visit to protest-hit Kenosha, Wisconsin that recent anti-police demonstrations in the city were acts of "domestic terror" committed by violent mobs. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Police shooting leads to protests in Wisconsin

Workers test Utah State University students for COVID-19 on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, in Hyde Park, Utah. Students from four dorms were tested and quarantined after the virus was detected in the wastewater from those buildings. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)

287 Utah State University students quarantined after Covid-19 found in wastewater from four dorms

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 -- first pictures released

Digital painting of three American mastodons
(Mammut americanum) under aurora borealis in Beringia.

Mastodons migrated across extreme distances due to climate change, study says

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory is the only lab in the world devoted to investigating crimes against animals.

Solving crimes against animals with forensic experts

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 highly commended pictures

Democratic presidential nominee former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020.

Fact-checking Biden's speech on Social Security, fracking and crime

TOPSHOT - A chunck of ice falls from the Perito Moreno Glacier, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on March 10, 2018. - An arch of ice formed at the tip of the Perito Moreno, between the glacier and the shore of Argentino lake, started collapsing into the water on Saturday, a natural display that happens just once every several years. Such arches form roughly every two to four years, when the glacier forms a dam of ice that cuts off the flow of water around it into the lake -- until the water breaks through, opening up a steadily wider tunnel that eventually becomes a narrow arch... and then collapses. (Photo by Walter Diaz / AFP) (Photo by WALTER DIAZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Las impactantes imágenes de la NASA que muestran los efectos del cambio climático

Democratic presidential nominee former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Mill 19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020.

Biden: 'I am not banning fracking'

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South Africa's coal mines challenged with keeping the lights on during Covid-19

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Actress Emma Watson attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.  (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Celebrities gracing the 'green' carpet show Oscar-worthy sustainable dresses can still be glamorous

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